Walter stranders



(No Model.)

SLICED PICTURE.

n PatentedJaJm 29, 1884. Eig- 1.

ANGEL INVBNTOR ATToRNpY,

n PETERS. mio-Limpiar. wzahlnnn. D.C.

WALTER sTRANDERs, oE NEW YORK,

PATENT OFFICE.

AssIGNoR To EDWARD I. HoRsI/IAN,

OF BROOKLYN, Y.

SLICED PICTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming 4part of Letters Patent No. 292,598, dated January 29, 1884.

' Application filed December 19, 18H3. (No model.)

.'510 all whom it may G01/warn,

Be it known that I, WALTER STRANDERS, a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented an Im- 5 proved Sliced'Picture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which* Figures 1 and 2 are face views lof blocks Io which contain my invention.

This' inventionrelates to cubes or other blocks which are intended for the instruction of children, and so arranged .that When theyare put together in properrelative order, and

I 5 not otherwise, they will produce representations of figures and letters at the saine time, such letters indicating the names of the figures.'

The invention consists in placing on each of four blocks having rectangular faces a part 2o of a figure in such manner that when the four blocks are properly put together the whole gur'e will be seen, but not otherwise. At the same time an initial letter pertaining to the name of such figure will also be produced.

Thus in Fig. l four blocks are shown, which may be cubic, or slices, which are marked A,

B, C, and D. The representation `of an angel is produced when theseblocks are properly put together, as in the gure, and at the saine time the initial letter A, for the Word angel, is likewise produced by so joining the blocks. The other sides of the blocks may have analogous representations and parts of letters, and one of the blocks may also havethe full Word descriptive of the name of the picture spelled out, as shown.

The modification which is shown in Fig. 2 simply consists in having the initial letter formed by two of said four blocks, yet said four blocks being needed to produce the representation of the figure illustrated, which'in this instance is an archer.

I claim- VThe combination of the blocks A, B, C, and

D with each other, said blocks bearing the representation of a igurev and ot' a sectional initial letter, all arranged `so that the gure, together with the letter, will only be produced complete when the four blocks are placed together, substantially as shown and described.

WALTER STRANDERS.

Vitnesses: y p l GUsTAv SGHNEPP,

Y WILLY G. E. Se'rIULTz. 

